Designers, are you ready to become undeniable to any company?

CEO of Australia Post & Co-Founder of Y Combinator Paul Graham recently claimed they replaced Figma with Replit — saying they can “jump straight to prototyping.”

Can AI really replace design tools, or designers? Here is where he is wrong:

I’ve been working with coding assistants for months. They’ve helped me achieve incredible results, but they still fall short in a few critical areas:

Understanding the complexities of human interaction, problem-solving, rapid interation, rapid prototyping, it’s requires a lot of rethinking and imagination.

All of which will be easier to manage in Figma (especially if Make lives up to it's promise)

AI can’t do these things well, but it can give you a superpower.🦸 🦹‍♀️ If you’re a designer, here’s why you need to start learning how to work with coding assistants right now:

1️⃣ They won’t replace you—but they’ll amplify your creativity.
2️⃣ They’ll become as essential as Photoshop’s “magic wand” tool once was.
3️⃣ The combo of design aesthetics, creativity, and problem-solving + coding will make you irresistible to companies.

The future of design isn’t just about making things look good. It’s about solving problems with creativity and technology. The real question is: Are you ready to add coding to your toolbelt?